Medicaid patients in dental school clinics: Do personal and professional experiences matter?

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1225-1235

  Valentine, Anthony Edward ^a   Inglehart, Marita R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Dental education; Dental faculty; Dental hygiene education; Dental hygiene students; Dental students; Medicaid; Oral health; Professional attitudes

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, PREDENTAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052507592     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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